{"id":11071,"date":"2025-01-31T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/?p=11071"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:33:52","slug":"argentina-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/argentina-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In October 2023, three days before leaving for Argentina, I had a sudden and harrowing medical event that forced Erin and me to cancel our travel plans. Copa Airlines allowed me to rebook the ticket and a little over a year later, we set off on our first journey to South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan was to spend most of our time in Bueno Aires, but halfway through the trip, we would fly to Iguazu to see the Iguazu Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buenos Aires<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tDuque Hotel<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

We stayed in the charming little Duque Boutique Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tEl Club De La Milanesa<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

As soon as we dropped our bags, we walked through the neighborhood in search of currency exchange and some local food. We found both, the latter at El Club De La Milanesa, where we shared a delicious Milanese Caprese, but more importantly, had our first Frenet and Colas, which is now our new favorite thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tCuervo Caf\u00e9<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After lunch and a couple of drinks, we needed some dessert and a pick-me-up, all of which we found at Cuervo Caf\u00e9, where we had a couple of pastries and two perfect flat whites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tConfiteria Ideal<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

One of the most beautiful restaurants we visited was Confiteria Ideal, where we enjoyed delicious confections inspired by Alice in Wonderland<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tPlaza de la Rep\u00fablica and Downtown<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After our delightful snack, we wandered down to the Plaza de la Rep\u00fablica to see the Obelisco de Buenos Aires and the huge mural of Eva Per\u00f3n on the Ministry of Public Works building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walked around the Plaza de la Rep\u00fablica and around the downtown area. We saw the primary government house, Casa Rosada, which serves as the office of the President. We also saw the Teatro Col\u00f3n opera house, but there was an event and we were unable to go inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tPizzeria G\u00fcerr\u00edn<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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After wandering downtown, we were starving and we wanted to try Argentinian-style pizza, so we made our way to Pizzer\u00eda G\u00fcerr\u00edn. We arrived and saw that the crowd to get in was spilling out into the street. It was after 9 pm. On a Tuesday. I thought it must be a small place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many in the crowd were people just walking around with hot slices, so we found a hostess and she walked us past the packed front dining area and to a second dining room in back. There were stairs to a second-floor balcony (they would say first<\/em>-floor balcony), but the hostess pointed us to a small table that was miraculously available. As we were beginning to sit down, there was some confusion between the front-of-house staff and we were then directed to a small, nondescript doorway and I thought I heard the word basement<\/em>. We went though the doorway and down a few stairs, finding ourselves in what appeared to be a long, dark service tunnel. We walked down the tunnel for longer than I would have thought to still be able to remain within the border of the property, at least as I imagined it. And then to our surprise, we emerged into a massive dining room, even larger than the ones we had passed through, and packed to the rafters with patrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The busy chefs could be seen through the pass of the open kitchen as they worked a wood-fired pizza oven (that looked like it was from Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times”) and scrambled to feed hundreds of hungry tummies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were sat and the waiter arrived to take our drink order. There seemed to be more confusion, this time around my sangria order, but he was soon off, only to return a few minutes later with Erin’s reasonably sized drink and my pitcher<\/em> of sangria!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As for the pizza, we were interested in trying the classic Argentine-style pizza – fugazza<\/em>, which is basically thick pizza dough piled high with onions, but as much as I’m willing to try local cuisine, pizza isn’t pizza without cheese. So we went for a fugazza variant called fugazzeta<\/em>, which is cuartirolo (cheese) baked between two pizza crusts, with onions piled on top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fugazzeta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\n\t\tEl Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

El Ateneo Grande Splendid Bookstore lives up to its name. It is surely one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tUltimate Asada<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the event was a cooking class where we learned how to make empanadas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was absolutely stuffed, but these were just the starters! We were asked to sit down inside the hotel dining room for the main course, which was a small salad and a generous selection of classic cuts of meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were joined by couples from the UK, Australia, Austria, and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iguazu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of the trip was a two-day excursion to see the Iguazu Falls, which are group of waterfalls that span over two kilometers and are widely acknowledged as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Bond Location!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iguazu Falls were featured in Moonraker (1979) as Bond hunts for Hugo Drax. After a brief boat chase, Bond escapes by launching a hang glider from his boat, just as it plummets over the falls. He flies over the falls to safety and after landing, follows one of the “Drax Girls” sent to lure him to Drax, with the Iguazu Falls seen in the background. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This required a domestic flight from Buenos Aires to Iguazu. The plan was then to see the falls from the Brazilian side on the first day and the Argentinian side the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tLa Aldea de la Selva Lodge<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\n\t\n\t\tIguazu Falls, Brazil<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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And then we got into a helicopter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iguazu Falls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tLa Rueda 1975<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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La Rueda 1975<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tIguazu Falls, Argentina<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Iguazu Falls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then we got on a boat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AQVA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tBar El Federal<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Bar El Federal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tPalacio Barolo<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Our wonderful tour guide at the Palacio Barolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tDante Bar<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After seeing a building designed to reflect The Divine Comedy<\/em>, it seemed only fitting to refresh ourselves with a drink from the Dante Bar, located in the Michelangelo Legend restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tPuerto Cristal<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Puerto Cristal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tLast Day<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Woman walking in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\n\t\tSilvia y Mario<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\n\t\n\t\tCafe Tortoni<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Next time: Uruguay, and more flora, more fauna!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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